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We understand the importance of mental health, hence why we've dedicated a whole week to it at work. Part of that includes an informal session for staff to attend, in order to understand mental health in more detail, how to spot the signs and how to support each other effectively.
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a healthy and happy workplace, we are hosting Healthy Mind Week. This week of events includes talks from the NHS on therapies, to pilates and yoga classes, mindfulness and panel discussions on mental health.
Great insight from the Google I/O keynote which we streamed last night. We look forward to seeing its planned improvements to AI, Google lens and phones. But our favourite learning is that Google is encouraging kids to be more polite, by adding pretty please to voice instructions.
We were delighted to welcome Jo Fairley, the co-founder of Green & Black’s, into our office today. She shared her lessons learned through her roller coaster journey in setting up Green & Black’s, from inception to being bought by Cadbury’s. In particular we’re keen to learn how to deal with challenges practically and emotionally.
Pete Bailie from VOX Coaching is back in our office for the final day of our Personal Development Week. He’s providing valuable insight into how status, personal dynamics and power structures can be used to boost our ability to interact with others. This course will show us how to communicate in a confident, engaging and authentic way.
Suzanne Viant, our Head of Learning and Development, will be hosting a panel looking into the career development of our five panellists; - Ellen Powley (Senior Fund Manager) - Jon Stevens (Advisory Service Team Manager) - Shan Chen (Lead Business Analyst) - Elle Spencer (Head of Marketing Communications) - Mark Kenyon (Senior Reward Manager - HR) The idea behind this discussion is to give colleagues the opportunity to learn more about their roles and departments to help further their careers.
All business is psychology. Psychology is the science of behaviour and mind and is applied in all aspects of business from personality, artificial intelligence, unconscious bias and more. Sophie Doherty, our Senior Talent Advisor, is today talking to staff about how psychology is applied in the business world, as part of our Personal Development Week.
Networking - it’s not all beer and cocktails! That’s why we’re showing colleagues simple techniques they can adopt when it comes to networking and introducing themselves effectively. In addition we aim to demonstrate different styles that can be adopted to cater to varying projects and events.
Our L&D Manager, Caroline Rowles, is hosting a workshop today sharing the tools and techniques required to be a good mentor. We aim to support others in reaching their full potential through mentoring.
Kicking off our Personal Development Week is our ‘Introduction to Coaching’ workshop. This is inspired to educate colleagues on the thought-provoking and creative process, which can maximise personal and professional potential.
